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Friday, March 27, 2015

As always, welcome to the Sassy Vixen blog. As you can see by the photo, we've decided to move to the blog on our website and those on Tumblr. This wasn't a decision we took lightly. We thought long and hard about staying here with Blogger, but the threat of them changing their minds again in order to shut down the adults only blogs pushed us to finalize our move.Three of our authors have moved to HostGator and are now using Wordpress as their blog format. It's working well and all are enjoying the freedom a self-hosted site brings to the table. Instead of worrying when the censorship/private wall would drop, our authors are busy writing and updating their blogs when they can.

We've had a separate website on Weebly for a while now and thought about moving to HostGator. Unfortunately, we would have to start from scratch and we're pretty fond of how the website turned out up to this point. So instead of zipping to Hostgator, we decided to utilize the spots we have now on Weebly...and Tumblr.Tumblr is one area where just about anything goes. There is a hell of a lot of blogs posting explicit material so we'll be in good company. Of course there are some there that make The Vixen blush—and that's saying something!If you'd like to keep up with The Vixen and all of our authors, click on the blog links below and sign up for our monthly newsletter Behind Closed Doors put out by Tammy Dennings Maggy.

I hope to see all of you who have subscribed/followed this blog over at our new homes. I want to thank you for coming along on our journey through the world of publishing and for supporting all of our authors and friends.

Friday, February 20, 2015

After nearly twelve hours of delays, Amazon finally started the Countdown for Season of Sun and Sin. It's now only 99¢ (£0.99) for the next six days. It's only offered through Amazon US and Amazon UK for now. That's all on Amazon. If it were up to us, we would do it for all retailers. Maybe the next go round!

Up and coming L.A. artist Julia Santos had searched for a
Domme strong enough and confident enough in their relationship to allow her to
be wild and free while trusting her to give over complete control to them in
private. Unfortunately very few meet up with her expectations.

Except one.

Carmen Hall had longed for a partner who would be more than
her pet, one who would challenge her skills as Mistress and yet offer
themselves to her—heart and soul. She’d all but given up until she laid eyes on
the fiery Julia.

Join Julia as she remembers her early days with Carmen and a
love that spanned over two decades and would know no bounds.

Lia Michaels’s Sweet Surrender

Candice Monroe’s life couldn’t be happier—or chaotic. Not
only is her bistro the place to be in the Detroit area, she’s fallen in love
with not one, but three men. Their fantasy filled ménage a quatre and promises
to spend their lives together have taken a backseat to round-the-clock
construction, menu changes and plans for their grand opening of their pub
Kisses After Dark.

Will Candice and her partners be able to handle the stress
of running two successful businesses and still be able to surrender to the fire
that burns between them? Or will some unexpected news threaten to tear them
apart forever?

Tammy Dennings Maggy’s Curse of the First Born Cain

In the first book of the Kayne Legacy series, we meet
reporter Abigail Matthews after she is awarded the interview of a lifetime.
She’d been granted no holds barred access to everyone associated with one of
the most powerful foundations in the world, including the current CEO Michael
Kayne.Sparks fly between them the
moment they meet but nothing compared to the jolt she receives when she comes
face to face with Michael’s grandfather—the biblical legend Cain.

In hopes she’d accept her destiny as his grandson’s chosen
mate, Cain opens up and shares his heartbreaking tale— everything from the
tragic fight with his brother Abel to his journey to find Lilith and make her
his wife. Together they were to create a family of immortals sworn to protect
the Essence of the Tree of Life from the one hell bent on destroying it.

Wednesday, February 18, 2015

Welcome to the Sassy Vixen Publishing blog. It's been a while since we've posted because we've been buried deep in edits, creating new covers, and overall getting ready for our 2015 new releases. Not too much could pull us away from that except one of our author friends. This time it's celebrating a long awaited release from one of our favorite series.The Hard Rock Harlots series by Kendall Grey.

The Vixen has reviewed her work before and LOVED IT. She's featured this series on Sinfully Sassy Sundays with The Vixen over on our sister blog Taboo II: Kisses in the Dark. Now our blog gets to be a part of the fun too. It’s time to reveal the title for Kendall Grey’s fourth Hard Rock Harlots book. If you saw the pictures yesterday, you probably figured out that the new book is about Letty Dillinger, singer and part-time bassist for Killer Buzz Float. Letty shocked the rock world when she stormed the scene in STRINGS with an unforgettable introduction involving a guy she picked up in a bar, a bottle of tequila, and a strap-on. She hasn’t stopped rocking (or shocking) since. Ladies and gentlemen, without further ado, book 4 in the Hard Rock Harlots series is entitled ROCK, and if you loved STRINGS, it’ll ROCK your world.

If you’d like to read chapter one of ROCK the day before it releases, Kendall will send it to her newsletter subscribers on March 2. Join her mailing list here:

Tuesday, January 6, 2015

The New Year is full of new beginnings for us and our Sassy Vixen authors. With that in mind, we decided to change things up and create our very own logo. The Vixen was adamant we search to find the perfect images. While we loved the red planet version of the last logo and the throwback to carefree days with our original one, we decided we needed something new and fresh.

We've always had a sexy female fox in mind as part of our company image. She's one of the most beautiful animals in the wild—but don't be fooled. You cross her or her pups and you'll deal with her scrappy fighting skills and teeth.Just like our authors. ;)We're excited about the changes and in our search for the current creature that graces our logo, we found a few other fun ones we'll be using for posts. In fact, we found a sexy cartoon version of The Vixen.

Isn't she cute? LOL! The Vixen adores it so look for this animated version of her to show up in future posts. This year will be the year Sassy Vixen Publishing and it's authors take the publishing world by storm!

Thursday, January 1, 2015

Welcome to Sassy Vixen Publishing's New Year Celebration! It's been a long time coming but our collection is finally live on Amazon. We've taken a different approach with this one and enrolled it in Kindle Select.

What that means is for the next three months, SEASON OF SUN AND SIN will only be available through Amazon. After that we'll release it on all other outlets. In the meantime, if you are a Kindle Prime member you can read this collection for free. If you're a member of Kindle Unlimited, you will be able to borrow this book to read for free.

Don't fret! Even if you're not a member of those special Amazon groups, you still can enjoy these fabulous stories for only $2.99. That's less than a dollar a tale. Let's take a lot at what Tammy Dennings Maggy and Lia Michaels have in store for you:

Bound in Paradise by Tammy Dennings Maggy is the prequel to THE SURRENDER OF JULIA (NOW AND FOREVER 3). As a companion to the series, this novella gives readers a glimpse into the early days of Carmen and Julia's relationship.

Up and coming L.A. artist Julia Santos had searched for a Domme strong enough and confident enough in their relationship to allow her to be wild and free while trusting her to give over complete control to them in private. Unfortunately very few meet up with her expectations.

Except one.

Carmen Hall had longed for a partner who would be more than her pet, one who would challenge her skills as Mistress and yet offer themselves to her—heart and soul. She’d all but given up until she laid eyes on the fiery Julia.

Join Julia as she remembers her early days with Carmen and a love that spanned over two decades and would know no bounds.

Sweet Surrender by Lia Michaels is the continuation of the Candy Kisses Gang's story. Our favorite menage a quatre first appeared in Have a Naughty, Naughty Christmas. Now Candy, Alexander, Gabriel and Darrin have left their island paradise and are caught up in making their business partnership succeed. Unfortunately, their foursome has had to take a backseat since they returned to the mainland.

Candice Monroe’s life couldn’t be happier—or chaotic. Not only is her bistro the place to be in the Detroit area, she’s fallen in love with not one, but three men. Their fantasy filled ménage a quatre and promises to spend their lives together have taken a backseat to round-the-clock construction, menu changes and plans for their grand opening of their pub Kisses After Dark.

Will Candice and her partners be able to handle the stress of running two successful businesses and still be able to surrender to the fire that burns between them? Or will some unexpected news threaten to tear them apart forever?

Curse of the First Born Cain by Tammy Dennings Maggy is the first installment of her new Kayne Legacy series. The entire tale was detailed for the first time in her second book of poetry Courtship of the Vampyre. Now the poetry takes on new life as Cain's story is told to a young reporter who gets more than she bargained for after winning the interview that could make or break her career.

In the first book of the Kayne Legacy series, we meet reporter Abigail Matthews after she is awarded the interview of a lifetime. She’d been granted no holds barred access to everyone associated with one of the most powerful foundations in the world, including the current CEO Michael Kayne. Sparks fly between them the moment they meet but nothing compared to the jolt she receives when she comes face to face with Michael’s grandfather—the biblical legend Cain.

In hopes she’d accept her destiny as his grandson’s chosen mate, Cain opens up and shares his heartbreaking tale— everything from the tragic fight with his brother Abel to his journey to find Lilith and make her his wife. Together they were to create a family of immortals sworn to protect the Essence of the Tree of Life from the one hell bent on destroying it.

There you have it! Three fabulous novellas all wrapped together in one package. What more can you ask for? So go ahead and grab your copy today and catch up on these stories. You won't want to miss a single moment Tammy and Lia have in store for you!

Saturday, December 20, 2014

Ho ho ho! We're celebrating the third anniversary of the first book we published here at Sassy Vixen Publishing. This collection of poetry detailed the author's journey to find her happily ever after.Who is this author? It's me! The Vixen! That's right. For those of you who don't already know it, The Vixen is me, Tammy Dennings Maggy. There are a few other people in this wide web universe who call themselves Vixen, but this name has been mine since 2009. It was given to me by an old friend and it stuck. One of the poems in this collection has that name in it and it was in April 2012 when I rolled out the Sassy Vixen Publishing blog and in December 2012 I was a member of Four Seduced Muses as The Vixen.Even though the four muses disbanded and went on to other projects and collaborations, I kept the moniker and continue to post as The Vixen in all of my blogs and those of my pen names. So if you see "The Vixen" anywhere else, look closely before you assume it's me. When in doubt, come back here to this blog or the website and you'll find out all the latest from me and my alter egos.Back to the reason why we're here today...Follow Me: Poetry from the Heart and Soulcontinues to touch hearts around the world. I had thought to take it off all other vendors and go exclusively with Amazon for the next three months so I could see how it would fair with the borrows in Kindle Unlimited, but then I looked at my stats for Oyster and Scribd and determined it wouldn't be worth it. Besides, this collection is only 99 cents. For a buck you can read all about my journey through major life changes, heartbreak, betrayal and finding true love with my soul mate. I wrote like a mad woman during the two years leading up to the publication of this book. It was my salvation and escape from all the turmoil around me. I went through a divorce, reconnected with an old flame who then in turn committed the ultimate betrayal and left me with a heart I thought would never mend. I had hit rock bottom of the abyss.When I thought there was no other way out, one person found me and lit the way so I could crawl my way up into the light again. He never pushed me, only encouraged me to keep fighting for my heart and soul. He never promised me he would fix everything or even try, but the simple act of being my friend and there if I needed him was enough. Through the struggle, we found love with each other...a love that had always been there and now is burning brighter every single day.That's what it's like when you find your soul mate—the one you were promised to from the beginning of time.Yeah, I know that sounds sappy to many of you, but it's the truth. It's the theme I have in all of my books...under all pen names. Whether it's the dark fantasy monster erotica I write as Tawny Savage, the romantic suspense from Stephanie Ryan, the wildly fabulous menage a quatre from Lia Michaels or the sizzling Now and Forever series as Tammy Dennings Maggy all will have soul mates find each other once they've found themselves again.I've used the poems in this book as wedding vows in For the Love of Quinnand The Surrender of Julia. An entire series is devoted to this poem I wrote in the airport waiting for my flight home. Only four months prior, the old flame mentioned earlier in this post had broken his promises to me and went back to his on again, off again girlfriend. She had tossed him aside so many times before but when it looked like he had wanted to move on, she swooped in and dug her claws back into him. It didn't matter that she would dump him again at the time this poem was written. It didn't matter that he came crawling back into my life and continued to drain me of my self worth and confidence. He still continued to keep her in his life.

Before you ask, no the old flame never broke free of the witch even though she continued to turn on him again and again. How did he get through all of her betrayals? He kept reaching out to me and pulling me back down into the despair that clouded his world. Here's another poem in this collection that begs him to make up his mind.

Sunday, September 14, 2014

Welcome back to the Sassy Vixen Publishing blog. We've been going through a lot of changes and as a result, the release dates of the next three of our books have to be pushed back.We're in the process of moving our entire base of operations to Washington. In the meantime, all the edits are moving forward. The delay will come when it's time to format the manuscripts for publication on all of the retail sites. Our computers will be in transit during the time we would normally be completing the formatting. As soon as they're all up and running again, we'll be back to work.We'd like to thank you all for your patience and continued support during this exciting time for us. We'll be sure to post any updates and new release dates for Tawny Savage, Stephanie Ryan, Lia Michaels and Tammy Dennings Maggy as soon as they're finalized.Until then, we'll leave you with one of our favorite songs...

Sunday, July 27, 2014

Welcome back to join us for another celebration. We've been hard at work on our new covers. You got to see the cover for Stephanie Ryan's debut romantic suspense Dangerous Medicine. Now we're thrilled to share the latest.In March, we announced we were in the planning stages for a summer anthology to follow up with the stories started in the Christmas anthology and introduce a few others. Unfortunately, the original line up broke apart and as a result, the Christmas anthology was pulled from the market. You'll find those stories released in other publications. For Sassy Vixen, that meant we needed to find new homes for two tales in Sweet, Sultry and Oh So Taboo.Now is the time for the summer anthology to take flight. Included in this one will be three erotic tales to take you over the edge and into glorious ecstasy. Lia Michaels brings back her popular Candy Kisses menage a quatre in "Sweet Surrender". Tammy Dennings Maggy brings two tales. The first is a prequel to The Surrender of Julia (Now and Forever 3) called "Bound in Paradise" and the second is the prequel to the vampire erotica Kayne Legacy series called "Curse of the First Born."All of them are in the final writing stages and in edits as you read this. We hope to have this one out by the end of September. To hold you over until then, here's the cover...

That's it for now. We'll post more updates on the new release dates as we finalize them. Happy Reading!The Vixen

Friday, July 25, 2014

Welcome to the Sassy Vixen Publishing blog. Today we're joining with author Stephanie Ryan in celebrating the new cover for her debut romantic suspense Dangerous Medicine.We've featured the first six chapters of her novel in our latest anthology Sweet, Sultry and Oh So Taboo, but this cover reveal if for the complete story. She wanted to incorporate a Michigan sunset as well as a steamy couple and this is what our cover artists came up with for her. She's thrilled and so are we.The editors will have this one in their hands within the next month and our tentative release date is at the end of October. We thought that would be a great time since that's when Dangerous Medicine starts out. Enough of our gabbing. Here's Stephanie's new cover!

Tuesday, July 8, 2014

Welcome back to the Sassy Vixen Blog! We're celebrating today after receiving long awaited news. We will be relocating to the Seattle area now that Mr. Vixen (CEO Michael Smith) has now officially retired from the US Coast Guard. The Vixen received word of veterinary positions open in that area so everything is a go!In hour of those changes, we've made quite a few here at SVP. You may have already noticed the price drop in our smaller/shorter works. After attending seminars at RomCon, we determined that 99¢ would be our price point for the following works:Forbidden Destiny (Fearless Love) by Lia MichaelsThe Courtship of the Vampyreby Tammy Dennings MaggyFollow Me: Poetry from the Heart and Soul by Tammy Dennings MaggyBrigid's Blessing (Bigfoot Chronicles 1)by Tawny SavageBigfoot Claims His Mate (Bigfoot Chronicles 2) by Tawny SavageNow those are permanently set at those prices across all retail outlets. We're happy with the new pricing, but it wasn't a big enough celebration.

So as a special event for the next few days, we're lowering the price of Sweet, Sultry and Oh So Taboo from $3.99 down to only 99¢. Next week the price will jump back up, so if you want to get your copy now at the low price, you need to grab it now!The “Sweet” from Stephanie Ryan’s Dangerous Medicine (M/F): Detroit based veterinary surgeon Miranda Jacobs puts her fast-paced career on hold in order to be with her family at her brother's bedside. It's on the way to the hospital that she literally collides with Detective Jake Martinelli. Sparks fly between them, and Miranda finds herself fiercely attracted to Jake even though she knows very little about him. The “Sultry” from Tammy Dennings Maggy’s Meet Me Under the Mistletoe (MF): Coast Guard Steve Sanders is called to assist a sinking vessel. His pregnant wife Jolene waits for his return when the rescue mission has goes horribly wrong. Will a miracle bring him back to meet his wife under the mistletoe? The “Taboo” from Lia Michaels’s Have a Naughty, Naughty Christmas (MFMM): Candice, Alexander and Gabriel own Candy Kisses, the place to be in Detroit. The business partners have kept their desires hidden. When a wealthy playboy extends an offer that allows them to indulge their wildest fantasies, they embark on a very naughty Christmas. You don't want to miss this one! We'll be releasing Stephanie's full novel by the end of the year and Lia's Candy Kisses Gang will be featured in our next anthology out in the fall. I know we promised both of those books earlier this summer, but with the upheaval caused by the move, we've had to put those projects on hold until we get settled. We don't want you to be disappointed in a story that's not done right!Until next time,Tammy